Originally Posted by Kickback (Post 28561)

I'm hopeful, but I also think I've been spoiled by how Hasbro jointly creates things with TakaraTomy and then release uber-awesome things for their anniversary lines with Transformers here in the United States.

The only reason we get "Masterpiece" figures is because TakaraTomy is able to sell them fairly well in Japan. If TakaraTomy wasn't building and paying for most of it, I don't think we'd get them from Hasbro.

I hope Bandai of America can really hammer out some awesome things. I guess we'll see in 2013, but I'm hopeful (yet realistically pessimistic).